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Miracle cat survives being trapped in car grill for NINE days and 80 MILES

Sharon Stirling and her father, Alex, with Jacob (Image: SWNS)

A CAT in Scotland can count one of its nine lives after surviving nine days trapped in a car grill with no food or water. Jacob, the seven-year-old moggy, is thought to have survived the ordeal by drinking raindrops which fell through the grill the last few days.

Jacob’s owner, Sharon Stirling, 46, from Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, had begun making posters of her beloved pet until her father discovered him in his car.

Ms Stirling, who has a cleaning business, first noticed her cat was missing on 23 July, she said: “I got up around 6am and couldn’t find Jacob, which was unusual because he never normally leaves for long.

“I went home from work around 10am to check if he was back but still wasn’t there.

“I was starting to get really worried but I went and did another job. He still wasn’t back when I checked again around 1pm.”